Moving van



R. ARIO MOVING VAN May 3 1927.

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The object of'myjinvention is to provide a moving van, platform and bod which are s'- made, arranged and dis ose that'the body. is removable from the p at'form of the chassis on which it is mounted' and also to provide a means for raising or lowering the vention, reference is to be had to the accom--l van body from the platform and guiding in on or olf the platform while -it is being moved. This and other 'objects-are accomplished by my invention, one embodiment fof which. is hereinafter more particularly set forth.

For a more detailed descriptlonof my 1nanyin ldrawings, forming a part hereof,

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the s truc-` ture s hown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional View, taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3, looking in the directionl of the arrows.

Fi re 5 is la sectional view of the tallboal.u

Figure 6 shows'a detail of the fastening means.

` Figure- 7 is a sectional view. showing a 10-10-of Figure 12 and Fi taken on the vline 11--11 of portion of a track and track suportrng means, the section being taken on t e line 7-7 of Figure 13, looking in the direction of the arrow.

F1gure`8 is an enlarged sectional view,

- the section being taken substantially on the line 8--8 of Figure 1, with the upper part of the van omitted. Figure 9 is a plan view of a track and its attendant mechanism.

4Figures 10 and 11 are sectional views, showing the track in its'depressed and elevated positions, Figure 10 being on the line re 11 being lgure 13, bot views being' taken looking in-the direction of the arrows.

Figures 12 and 1.3 are longitudinal sections showing a' track and a portion of a van body, the track being shown 'depressed` in Fi re 12 and elevated in Figure 13. V

hroughout the various views of the drawings, similar'reference characters designate similar parts.

`in the conventional` manner.

My improved moving van 1 has a van body 2, a platform 3 and a suitable chassis or other supporting means for the platform, not shown, as such supporting means forms no part of my invention.

The van body 2 may be made of a'ny suitable material, in any suitable form, and is ,preferablymade of sheet metal with sidel plates 4, top plates 5, a front 6, a back 7 and a bottom frame 8, all of which may be of any suitable design, although in the preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide ventilators 9 o`n the middle panels and the ribs 10 connecting the plates 4 are made, as shown in Figure 2, that is, begini ning with the rear, the first three plates areilanged to ,form anintegral rib 10, as indicated in Figure 2, and at each side of this" rib are rivet holes throu-gh which rivets 11 may be passed to secure the parts together.4 As many of these rivets .are used las needed.

The front 6 is provided with an angle 12 secured b rivets or any other suitable means an placed near the bottom so that it may rest on a front bolster 13 of the platform 3 and the rear panel-4 also carries a short angle 14 which is placed, as shown., with a hole on its horizontal web that registers with a corresponding hole on a ange 15 'of the platform 3 so that a pin 16 may be passed through each angle 14 and through the adjacent hole in the flange 15, as shown in Figures 1 and 8, to hold the body in place when at rest on the platform.

lThe frame 8 has some crossings 17 at convenient locations. and on the under side of I these crossings are mounted roller casters 18,

These casters' are preferably ball bearing casters, as shown,

so that the body may be moved in any direction when on a floor, with ease and facility. The rear of the body 2 has at each side a f moulding 19 and each moulding carries a series of hinges 20 to'which are secured the swinging doors 21 which are of the conventional. kind. One door has a series of' latch .s 22 pivotally mounted thereon and the latches are united by a link 23. The ends of these latches engage suitable catches 24 which may be made in any desired way. In the-preferred embodiment of my invention the central catch 24 is made, as shown in Figure 6, so that the laterally extending end 25 of thelatch 22 will register with the corresponding oil' set end 26 of the catch '24 and the off set ends are perforated with registering perforations so that a-padlock 27 may be inserted through these perforations and lock the' latches securely. The purpose of this is "to permit the owner of the contents of the van to keep the contents under lock and key at all times while the goods are in storage, it being understood that the van is loaded, taken to a warehouse, the body removed and stored while loaded and it remains in this condition until it is again loaded on to a platform and taken to the place where it is emptied or the body may be loaded on to a freight car and,

hauled to the town where it is to be loaded and then it is put on a platform on a chassis of the kind herein disclosed and taken to its destination where it may be either stored or unloaded. as desired.

The platform 3 has side sills 28 as well as an 'end bolster or crossing 13 at the front end and a crossing 29 at the rear end and such other intermediate crossings and bolsters as maybe required to make the frame sturdy and strong without unduly increasing its weight. These side sills 28 may be omitted, if desired, to decrease the weight. The frame composed of these various elements is surmounted by a flooring v 30 which is composed of integral sheet metal which extends from one flange to the other flange 15 and throughout the length of the platform. From the flanges 15 this platform extends vertically to the horizontal portion and thence across to the other vertical part which rises to the other flange 15. At suitable intervals this floor has suitable channels 31 which aremade integral therewith to form spaces for the movable tracks which will be described below. These channels 3l preferably rest. on the chassis frame 32 reinforced by brackets 33, as shown in Figure 8, or these channels 3l` may be supported in any other suitable way. It is the purpose of'this design to make a light and rigid structure and this may be done in any of several ways and the preferred embodiment is the one described.

The rear crossing 29 of the frame 3 has two angles 34 riveted thereon in line with the tracks described below and the depressions 31, this crossing being recessed for the purpose. Under certain conditions, hinges 35 rest on these angles and these hinges have one end of each secured to the tracks 36 of the tailboard 37 which tailboard` is preferably shaped, as shown in Figures 3 and 5, with a suitable flange 38 extending about its edges, except at the tracks 36. The other ends of the hinges 35 are fixed to tracks 39 which rest in and are supported from the depressions 31 in the following manner. The depressions 31 have a series of pivots 40 going across from side to side (see Figure 7 and Figure 12) and on these pivots are mounted suitable spacers 41 and etween the spacers are inserted links I42 which are connected to the track- 39 by means of pivots 43. The links 42 are so shaped that they have edges 44 which may be swung in a Imanner described below so as to rest on the bottom. of a Vtrough 31, asy

shown in Figure 13. As many of these pivots 40 and vtheir attendant parts are used as desired in order that each track 39 ma be properly supported at all places. f

In addition to the pivots 40 there are a number of other pivots 45 which run parallel to the pivots 40 and are mounted in much the same way. These pivots carry levers 46 which are larger than'the links 42 and these levers 46 carry connecting pins 47 with rollers 48 mounted thereon which are adapted to bear against the under side of a track 39. The levers 46 are held in place by suitable spacers 41 corresponding to the spacers on the pivots 40 and these levers have an edge 49 adapted to rest on the bottom of a trough 31 which edee corresponds to the edge 44 of the liii-ks 42. The upper ends of the levers 46 are provided with pivots 50 which carry a Series of links 51 which connect the levers 46 on one side together and also connect these levers with the sides of the tracks 36 of the tailboard 37 through suitable pivots 52. Thel purpose of this is to have the lowering of the tailboard pull up the ends of the levers 46 and thereby cause them lo raise the tracks 39 and this raising continues until the edges 44 and 49 rest on the bottoms of the depressions 31 at which time the pivots 43 and rollers 48 have gone a little beyond the dead centers so that /when the tracks are elevated, as just described, the rollers 18 are elevated and they in turn elevate the van body 2 so that then the van body is liftedclear of the platform and flanges 15 and bolster 13 and the van body can then be moved and be guided by the tracks 39 in the depressions 31 and the tracks 36 in y the tailboard 37, it being assumed that the free end of the tailboard rests on a suitable platform, or other support, which is ready to receive the van body. The van body is then moved on its rollers in the usual manner and may be shifted on the floor to which it is moved in the conventional way and a new van body substituted, after which, when the `second van body is in a suitable place, the tailboard may be raised and then the van body will be lowered until it rests, as above described, with its rollers off the tracks 39 after which the pins 16 may be removed from the first van body and reinserted through the flanges 14 and 15, as above described. If desired, these pins may be removed before the first van body is shifted. They lwill have to be removed if made long enough not to clear the flange 15 when the body 2 is elevated, as above described.

When the tailboard 37 is elevated so that it occupies a vertical position, the tracks 39 are lowered through t e action of the levers and links above described and -t'hen the hinges are shifted so as to rest 0n their res ective flanges 34.

rom the foregoing, it is evident that the structure hereinbefore described is such that the van body is raised or lowered by the shifting of the talboard and it is obvious that the tailboard may be readily grasped and manipulated through the tracks 36 which project in al convenient manner for this urpose.

ile I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enou h to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A van body with rollers, a platform under said van body and movable tracks under said rollers, a tailboard pivotally connected to said tracks, links and levers supporting said tracks and links and pivots connectin the tailboard and levers so that by raising or lowerin the tailboard the tracks may be raised or owered and made to disengage the rollers or engage and raise the same so as to permit the van body to be shifted from the platform.

2. A platform with depressions, pivots in said depressions, links and levers carried by said pivots, tracks carried by said links and levers and means for raising or lowering said tracks as the same is carried by said links and levers.

3. A platform with depressions therein, pivots in said depressions, links and levers carried b said pivots, tracks carried by said links an levers and means pivotally connected to said tracks for shiftin said levers, whereby the tracks may be raise or lowered.

4. A platform with depressions, pivots in said depressions, links pivotally mounted on said pivots, tracks pivotall connected to said links and means for shi ting said tracks so that the same will swing on said links and means for limiting the movement of said links after they have passed their dead centers.

5. A platform with depressions, pivots in said depressions, links mounted on said pivots, tracks pivotally connected to said links, a tailboard with tracks, said tailboard being pivotally connected to the first mentioned tracks so that the tracks in the tailboard and the tracks in the depressions will register and means connecting the tailboard with the tracks in the depressions, whereby the shifting of the tailboard will raise or lower said last mentioned tracks.

6. A platform having a frame with a floor mounted thereon and a bolster at the front, the floor having depressions to receive tracks and upwardly extending flanges at the sides, movable tracks mounted in said depressions and means for movingthe tracks so as to raise or lower the same, a van body adapted to be raised or lowered by said tracks and an les projectin laterally from the van boy and adapted to engage the said flanges and the bolster when thc van body is low ered.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of March, 1926.

RUDOLF Amo. 

